While no breakthroughs on the world's most intractable conflicts were reached at this year's UNGA summit, talks on the Iran and Ukraine wars inched forward, and leaders used the venue to debate AI.
CNN also reported on Thursday that its journalists were still denied entry to the White House without an explanation.
Classified US intelligence warns Saudi Arabia may still seek nuclear weapons, fueling bipartisan pushback in Congress against a proposed Trump administration civilian nuclear cooperation pact.
The warning came amid reports that China had supplied Iran with shoulder-fired air-defense missile launchers and that Tehran had found ways to evade sanctions on its oil sales with Chinese help.
AFRICA AFFAIRS: For years, Eritreans in Israel have been caught between refuge and exile. One opposition movement believes the answer lies not in staying, but in transforming the country they fled.
Multiple US officials told CBS News anonymously that the internal message was for continued military planning around Cuba, although the message itself did not specifically mention Cuba.
US reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia in 2023 and now believes he was a victim of an elaborate sting operation by Russia's federal security service.
"It was a counter-piracy operation that was carried out by our forces from two days ago and it's still going on," Mohamed Jama, the base commander for Puntland Maritime Police Force told Reuters.
Germany hasn't had a statute of limitations for murder or accessory to murder since 1979, allowing the prosecution of Nazi crimes from WWII.
"Alignment with America in implementing hostile policies will remain etched in the memory of the Iranian nation," he added. "Flight in the region is either free for all, or for no one," he stated.
The zoo, which previously housed pandas from 1999 to 2024, announced an agreement in April with the China Wildlife Conservation Association to host the two bears.
